August 15, 2012

Real Food Baby Step: Homemade Pantry Staples

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Guest post written by Mandi Ehman This week I'm excited to release my brand new ebook, Easy Homemade: Homemade Pantry Staples for the Busy Modern Family, which is on sale for just $0.99! When I first shared my new cookbook with Stephanie, I described it as "real food-lite". It's a bridging-the-gap cookbook for families, like mine, who want to eat healthier and eliminate questionable ingredients from their kitchens but aren't quite ready to make their own kefir and kombucha or to soak grains. This cookbook [...]

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April 20, 2012

9 Ways to Get Rid of Hidden Toxins in Your Kitchen

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Written by Diana Bauman, Contributing Writer On my journey to real food, I started learning about the many hidden toxins in food and baking products that I used. I know from experience how confusing and daunting it may seem to think about having to replace so many products for a healthier alternative.  For this month's series on ridding your home of toxins, I decided to share with you a list on some of the most important products that you can easily replace for a toxin [...]

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April 13, 2012

Fake Food: Removing Food Toxins

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Written by Rachel, Contributing Writer This month at Keeper of the Home, we are all focusing on Spring Cleaning the Toxins. This is something my family has been working on over the past several years. Late last year, I wrote this post about 9 toxins to remove from your life, they are everywhere so we really have to be mindful if we want to raise healthy families and kids! Most people think about the environment, household cleaners, personal care products, upholstery and carpet and even [...]

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March 21, 2012

10 Ingredients to Make From Scratch

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Written by Erin Odom, Contributing Writer When I first started cooking from scratch, it didn't seem too hard. I gathered my ingredients and followed the recipes. But then one day it hit me: I wasn't buying processed, pre-packaged meals anymore, but I was using processed, pre-packed ingredients to make my "from-scratch" meals. And these ingredients were just as additive-laden as any other store-bought meal. Yikes! I decided right then and there that, little by little, I'd start learning how to make each ingredient at home. And [...]

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